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Spork

A spork is a form of cutlery and combination utensil taking the form of a spoon-like scoop with two to four fork-like tines. Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874. Sporks are commonly used by fast food restaurants…

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Spork

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples69
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Spork

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related to Etymology · 21
Spork → Another British, Ballard, Company, Forkspoon, Hyde, In, Lifeventure, October, Pennsylvania, Plastico Limited, September, The, The Van Brode Milling, Trademark Office, UK, UK-based, United States Patent, United States Patent Office, US, USPO
related to history · 17
Spork → D247, D388, Examples, February, Francis, Frank Emmenegger, Given, Harry, In, January, Many, McCoy, November, Other, Samuel, These, US
see also · 10
Spork → Combination, Eating, Edward LearSplayd, Finnish, Grapefruit, Kind, Nonsense, Pastry, Spoon-fork, Utensils
related to External links · 7
Spork → Archived, Bee Wilson, Salon, The Spork's Weird History, The Straight Dope, Wayback Machine, Why
related to Materials and uses · 6
Spork → Materials, Plastic, Prepackaged, Scouts, Sporks, United States
is a · 2
Spork → form of cutlery and combination utensil taking the form of a spoon-like scoop with two to four fork-like tines, portmanteau of spoon and fork

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fork spoon word patents sporks trademark registered also us patent plastic combination name uk utensil century end tines modern used

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Sporkis aportmanteau of spoon and fork0.90text
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titaniuminstance ofMaterials and usesMaterials0.80text
copperinstance ofMaterials and usesMaterials0.80text
polycarbonate plastic have been used in spork manufacturinginstance ofMaterials and usesMaterials0.80text
Sporkrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Sporkrelated to EtymologyIn0.60section
Sporkrelated to EtymologyHyde0.60section
Sporkrelated to EtymologyBallard0.60section

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